5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer Code V Programmer's Reference Manual

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Chapter 3 Bar Codes
Standard UPC-E Command Format
Refer to page 135 for the IBARC, command format and definitions.
Default Ratio: (cc)
dir p type data (cc)G
Variable Ratio: (cc)
dir p [9] [:] type [ ratio ] data (cc)G
(cc) Represents the Special Function Control Code
(SFCC). Enter the specific SFCC for your Code V
configuration.
dir Represents the direction of the bar code. Enter B
for horizontal bar codes; enter C for vertical bar
codes.
p Prints the optional readable data field. The
readable data field is printed below a horizontal bar
code or on the left-hand side of a vertical bar code.
Replace
p in the bar code command with one of the
codes listed in Table 38 to print the readable data
field in the corresponding font with the specified
guard band gap.
9 or : Optional parameter to select a variable ratio bar
code. Enter the number 9 to select a variable ratio
bar code. This feature overrides the default UPC-E
ratio 1:1:2:2:3:3:4:4.
If the : parameter is specified, the ratios are
represented in printer dots instead of IGP dots
(60 x 72 dpi).
type Represents the bar code type. Enter the Type Code
corresponding to the UPC-E type desired from
Table 39.
Table 38. Printable Data Field Fonts
Font Gap
p code
Standard 10 cpi 3 dots Y
OCR-A 3 dots O
OCR-A .1-inch S
OCR-B 3 dots B
OCR-B .1-inch T
None N